ETF comparison
ASHR vs DFAE
Both International Emerging.
Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF · Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
Holdings overlap
185 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ASHR and DFAE would leave roughly 2.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Holdings data for ASHR covers 43.4% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFAE is 36 bps cheaper than ASHR. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/yr more in fees for ASHR.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with ASHR vs DFAE.
Top shared holdings
185 shared in total| # | Holding | In ASHR | In DFAE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD | 1.40% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 2 | KWEICHOW MOUTAI COMPANY LTD | 1.09% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 3 | ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD | 0.49% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 4 | FOXCONN INDUSTRIAL INTERNET CO LTD | 0.40% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | CHINA YANGTZE POWER CO LTD | 0.50% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 6 | EOPTOLINK TECHNOLOGY INC LTD | 2.15% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 7 | LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTD | 0.45% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 8 | INDUSTRIAL BANK COMPANY LTD | 0.38% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 9 | CAMBRICON TECHNOLOGIES CORP LTD | 0.26% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 10 | HYGON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTD | 0.18% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 11 | SUZHOU DONGSHAN PRECISION MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD | 0.98% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | NAURA TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD | 0.24% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in ASHR
99 total- PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.05%
- ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO LTD 0.91%
- CHINA MERCHANTS BANK COMPANY LTD 0.67%
- WUXI APPTEC CO LTD 0.57%
- PIOTECH INC 0.53%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 0.42%
- SHENZHEN LONGSYS ELECTRONICS CO LTD 0.38%
- CITIC SECURITIES COMPANY LTD 0.36%
- BANK OF COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LTD 0.35%
- AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LTD 0.34%
Only in DFAE
6,083 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.54%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.57%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.97%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.77%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.62%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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